Nvidia and Fedora Core

Mitch Anderson mitch at metauser.net
Fri Sep 26 17:55:08 UTC 2003


> > 
> > Yes. Do the following:
> > 
> >      1. As root, switch to runlevel 3 (init 3).
> >      2. Login again as root.
> >      3. before running the NVidia Installer, set the CC veriable to use
> >         gcc32 with the command: export "CC=gcc32"
> >      4. run the NVidia Installer program and let it compile the modules
> >         as normal.
> >      5. Update XF86Config as usual (stuff like getting rid of "load
> >         dri")
> >      6. Test with startx, but it should be OK.
> >      7. Switch back to runlevel 5 (init 5)
> >      8. You're done!
> > 
> > Happily running Severn2 with the latest NVidia drivers with no troubles
> > so far...

Mine locks up completely every 4 - 20 minutes... I've been trying to
find out whats causing it, but haven't seen any errors in log files. 
I've since switched back to the "nv" driver and haven't had any problems
for over an hour... 

Mitch







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